Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments
Remember (Pluck, blow or hit?): String: sitar, veena, guitar, violin, sarangi, sarod, ektara, harp. Wind: flute (bansuri), shehnai, trumpet, conch, nadaswaram, saxophone. Percussion: tabla, dholak, mridangam, ghatam, drum, manjira, damru. Numbers: violin 4 strings, guitar 6, ektara 1; the sargam has 7 notes. Sound is made when something vibrates.
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- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) veena (b) sitar (c) tambourine (d) sarangi
- 2.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a spoon (b) a bow (c) a drumstick (d) a straw
- 3.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
- 4.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by plucking strings (b) by blowing into it (c) by tapping with hands (d) by bowing strings
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clarinet (b) nadaswaram (c) flute (d) ghatam
- 6.True or false: the damru is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) damru (b) harp (c) conch (d) saxophone
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) harp (b) dholak (c) tambourine (d) ghatam
- 9.True or false: the manjira is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 10.True or false: the veena is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shehnai (b) saxophone (c) nadaswaram (d) guitar
- 12.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) conch (b) manjira (c) guitar (d) tabla
- 13.🎵 Is the damru a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) veena (b) tabla (c) sarod (d) harp
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) veena (b) drum (c) harp (d) ektara
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flute (b) shehnai (c) sarod (d) bansuri
- 17.🎵 Is the trumpet a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
- 18.True or false: the drum is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by shaking it (b) by blowing air into it (c) by plucking strings (d) by hitting it
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sarangi (b) drum (c) ghatam (d) tabla
- 21.🎵 Is the conch a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
- 22.🎵 Is the flute a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) wind (c) percussion
- 23.🎵 Is the manjira a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
- 24.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) guitar (b) damru (c) dholak (d) flute
- 25.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) nadaswaram (b) dholak (c) shehnai (d) sarangi
- 26.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
- 27.True or false: the ghatam is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: the harp is a string instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🎵 Is the mridangam a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
- 30.🎵 Is the harp a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
- 31.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) nadaswaram (b) sarangi (c) ghatam (d) trumpet
- 32.🎵 Is the dholak a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
- 33.🥁 Which instrument is a pair of drums played with the hands? (a) sitar (b) shehnai (c) tabla (d) flute
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bansuri (b) flute (c) sitar (d) saxophone
- 35.True or false: the sarangi is a percussion instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ghatam (b) damru (c) violin (d) drum
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) manjira (b) drum (c) shehnai (d) ghatam
- 38.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) dholak (b) bansuri (c) manjira (d) tabla
- 39.True or false: the tambourine is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
Answer key
- tambourine
- a bow
- 4
- by tapping with hands
- ghatam
- True
- harp
- harp
- False
- False
- guitar
- conch
- percussion
- tabla
- drum
- sarod
- wind
- False
- by blowing air into it
- sarangi
- wind
- wind
- percussion
- guitar
- sarangi
- wind
- False
- True
- percussion
- string
- ghatam
- percussion
- tabla
- sitar
- False
- violin
- shehnai
- bansuri
- True
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